Cable-support.



0. W. BRENIZER.

CABLE SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 8, 1911:

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jul 2, 1912.

Application filed May 8, 1911. Serial No. 625,765.

To all 'whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, ORsoN'VV. BRENIZER,

; a citizen. of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia specification.

This invention relates to cable supports which are adapted to be hung upon. suspension wires and to receive and support cables.

The object of the invention is to provide a strong, durable and e'liicient support of novel construction which may be readily applied to or removed from a cable or a suspension wire, as will be hereinafter fully described and particularly claimed.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective View of my improved cable support as applied to a suspension wire. Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof. F'g. 3 is a transverse section through a suspension Wire, showing the cable support in elevation and applied thereto. Fig. 4- is a View similar to Fig. 3 showing the positions of the parts of the support while being applied to or removed from a suspension wire. Fig. 5 is a View similar to Fig. 2, showing a modification of the invention.

I shall first describe the construction shown in Figs. 1 to 4, inclusive. The entire cable support is formed of a single piece of wire bent into the desired form whereof 3, 3 are two members disposed side by side and having'their body portions bent to form loops 4, a ad apted to receive and support a cable. Formed on one end of each member 3, 3 is a hook 5 which. extends over and embraces a suspension wire 6 and holds the cable supportin suspension thereon; and formed on the other end of each member 3, is a hook 7 which embraces the lower portion of one of the hooks 5 or a part of the member 3 on which the hook 5 is formed.

The hooks 7, 7 engaging parts of the mem bers 3, 3 prevent the loops 4, 4 from being opened by outward pressure after they have been passed around or engaged with a cable. The hooks 7 7 are disposed below the tops of the hooks 5, 5 and hooks 7, 7 engage the bottom of the suspension wire 6 and prevent the hooks 5, 5 from being moved upwardly from the Wire 6; therefore locking theentire cable support to the suspension wire. The hooks 5, 5 are connected together'by a part 8 which holds the members 3,-3 in proper side-by-siderelation to each other, the part 8 being the central portion of the single piece of wire forming the entire cable support and the books 7 7 being the terminal portions of the single piece of Wire. I preferably form the entire cable support of spring wire and construct the device so that the ends of the loops 4, 4 or members 3, 3 tend to spring apart, thus normally holding the books 7 7 firmly'in engagementwith the lower portions of the hooks 5, 5 and the suspension Wire 6. WVhen it is desired to open the tops of the loops 4, 4 for the insertion of a cable therein or the removal of a cable therefrom, the hooks 7, 7 are unhookecl from the parts of the members 3, 3 with which they are engaged. When it is desired to apply the cable support to or remove it froma suspension wire, the sides of the loops 4, 4 are pressed toward each other and the hooks 7, 7 are pressed slightly downward as shown in Fig. 4, thereby permitting the hooks 5, 5 to be passed into or from engagement with the suspension wire; after which the parts, when released, assume the normal position shown in Fig. 3.

1n the modification shown in Fig. 5, the books 7 7 are connected by a part 9 which is the central portion of the single piece of wire, in lieu of the part 8, and the hooks 5, 5 form the terminal portions of the single piece wire. Otherwise the construction and operation of the support shown in Fig. 5 is substantially like the construct-ion and operation of the support shown in Figs. 1 to 4 inclusive.

I claim:

1. A cable support comprising a member having its body portion formed into a cable receiving loop, a hook formed on one end of said member and adapted to extend over and engage a supporting wire, and a hook formed on the other end of said member and hooked around and extending below the upper portion of the first named hook, the sides of the second named hook extending transversely to and adapted to engage the b0ttom of said supporting Wire.

2. A cable support comprising a member having its body portion formed into a cable receiving loop, a hook formed on oneend of said member and adapted to .extend over and engage a. supporting wire, and a hook formed on the other end of said member and hooked around a part of the structure and preventing the opening of said loop, the last named hook being movable transversely of the supporting wire into and from engagement with the part of the structure which it embraces. V

3. A cable support comprising a single wire bent to form two adjacent members each having a cable receiving loop formed therein, each member having ahook formed on one end thereof and adapted to extend over and engage a supporting wire, each member having a hook formed on the other end thereof and embracing and extending below the upper portion of one of the first named hooks and adapted to engage the bottom of said supporting Wire, and a part connecting said members.

4. A cable support comprising a single wire bent to form two adjacent members each having a cable receiving loop formed therein, each member having a hook termed on one end thereof and adapted to extend over and engage a supportingwire, each memberhaving a hook formed on the other end thereof and 'ei'nbracing a part of the structure and preventing the opening of one of said loops, the last named hooks being mmable transversely of the supporting wire into and from engagement with the parts of the structure which they embrace, and a part connecting said members.

A cable support comprising a single wire bent to form two adjacent members eachharing a cable receiving loop formed therein, each member having a hook formed on one end thereof and adapted to. extend over and engage a supporting Wire, each member having a hook formed on the other end thereof and embracing and extending below the upper portion of one of the first named hooks and adapted to engage the bottom of said supporting Wire, and a part connecting one hook of one of said members with a like hook or" the other of said members.

6. A cable support comprising a single wire bent to form two adjacent members each having acable receiving loop formed therein, each member having a hook formed on one end thereof and adapted to extend over and engage a supporting Wire, each memberihaving a hook formed on the other end thereof and embracing a part of 'the structure and preventing the opening of one of said loops, the last named hooks being movable transversely of the supporting Wire into and from engagement with the parts of the structure which they embrace,

and a part connecting one book of one of said members with a like book of the other of said members.

In testimony whereof I atlix my signature iii-presence of two Witnesses.

, ORSON W. BRENIZER. Witnesses A. V. GROUPE, WM. HARRISON SMITH. 

